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Birds, Bees and Butterflies

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students complete a variety of activities surrounding science, music and art.  In this nature and animals activity, students sing songs, color a picture of make a butterfly, listen and dance to music, make a butterfly, recite...
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Rhythmic Ribbons

For Teachers K
Students practice various locomotor skills and to provide students with the opportunity to experiment with movement to music.
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Kindergarten Mural

For Teachers K
Students trace their bodies, color them in, outline them in black, and hang them on the wall to create a mural. In this mural lesson plan, students base their mural on the work of Keith Haring.
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Freezamania

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars improve their throwing and catching skills with a variety of balls. They throw and catch while music plays, as soon as the music stops they play a game of chase until the music begins again.
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Tag the Germs

For Teachers K
Students review what happens when they wipe germs off their hands with a wet wipe. Next, they play a game of tag in which some students are germs and others are wipes. They move around while music plays, stop when it stops, and the wipes...
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The Letter Ff: Alphabet Theme

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete several cross-curricular activities to learn the letter Ff. In this letter recognition lesson, students complete activities that include geography, music, physical education, science, seasonal, space science, and online...
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Spanish: La Fiesta!

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students sing a Spanish song to celebrate Latin American culture. In this fiesta lesson, students sing the words and do hand motions to the song "Que Linda Manito." They create paper bag maracas and enjoy a fiesta. 
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The Southeast Region

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students write a song about the southeast region. In this southeast region lesson plan, students view pictures of landforms, hear music, look at maps of states, and more.
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Global Harmony

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students listen to world music samples and try to identify the countries of origin; students work in small groups to design an online "world music caf??."
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Using Words to Work Things Out

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore appropriate ways to communicate feelings.  In this character development instructional activity, students listen to Hands are not for Hitting and several other books about expressing emotions appropriately. ...
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Five Little Frogs

For Teachers Pre-K
Students explore the concept of counting using music.  In this counting activity, students use the song "Five Little Frogs" and the felt board set to discover one to one counting.  Students repeat the song as they watch and...
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Is Your Heart Getting a Good Workout?

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students practice raising their heart rates through exercise.  In this physical education lesson, students discover the key to a healthy body is a healthy heart that must be exercised often.  Students perform a sing along and...
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Eating the Rainbow: At the Farmer's Market

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students share what type of fruit and vegetables they like. In this adult health lesson, students explain the benefits of eating healthy foods. They discuss recipe ideas that can be done at home.
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Rhyme Game

For Teachers K
Students match rhyming picture cards. They use a musical timer and each student has the opportunity to show his or her card to the class. They must match them and show them to the teacher.
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How Hard Is Your Heart Working?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students observe the differences in their pulse from when they are sitting to when they have been doing the "Hokey-Pokey."  In this heart health lesson plan, students take and record their pulse after they have been doing a quiet...
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Roll Over! (There Were Ten In The Bed)

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students practice math, language, and music skills. In this interdisciplinary lesson plan, students learn the song "Roll Over!" practicing repeating word patterns and subtraction skills. Students improvise in the song by adding...
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Changing Sounds

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils listen to sound. In this changing sounds lesson, students play instruments to help them hear volume and pitch.  Pupils use the interactive whiteboard to experiment how change can make sounds go higher or lower. 
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Circuits and Conductors

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore electricity by completing Internet activities.  In this physical science lesson, students identify an electric circuit and describe the characteristics of conductors, giving examples as well.  Students...
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All That is Irish and More - Activity 1

For Teachers 4th - 11th
Learners listen to examples of fiddle music and violin music to determine the similarities and differences between the two musical forms. A video link is included in this introductory lesson to fiddle music (Part One of Two).
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India: Where Remarkable Differences Are Ordinary

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students research India and Indian culture. In this Indian research lesson plan, students research and report on the lives of Indian children. The report will be in the form of a mock interview between a journalist and an Indian child....
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Shape Hokey Pokey

For Teachers All
Students identify different shapes by using music. They use the shape in a song which follows the Hokey Pokey music. They participate in the song using different shapes.
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Fit Kid

For Teachers K - 6th
Students practice and perform the song "Fit Kid" while learning the basics of motion and music and dynamics in this elementary-level instructional activity for the General Music classroom. The instructional activity emphasizes proper...
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Book Week Campout

For Teachers K - 5th
Students end the celebration of Book Week in their gym class. As a class, they follow directions to move along with a song and how to use their stuffed animals to move to the music. To end the lesson, they participate in a pillow fight...
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What is Physical Activity?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students describe how the heart needs to work and rest. In this lesson plan on the heart, students feel their heart working, play a game of "Wise Owl Says" about physical activity and complete worksheets about physical activities.